In Amsterdam, I was gratified to see the streets and tram-tracks thronged with cyclists, young, middle-aged and very old, along with motor-scooter riders, male and female, all wearing no helmets.

IN THE PAST few years, the Irish have taken to camping like never before.

HARD to believe, but the day may soon come when the clash of the ash, and the unmistakeable thud of wood whacking a sliotair, will no longer be heard in the playing fields of Ireland.

WORK found me in Co Wicklow for a couple of days recently and I was surprised by the number of deer I saw.

HE’S often described as, perhaps, the greatest living authority on the rich history of the beautiful Muckross area in Killarney.